As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 20, 2003
Registration No. 333-59870
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to
Form S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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El Paso Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 76-0568816
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
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El Paso Corporation Peggy A. Heeg
El Paso Building El Paso Corporation
1001 Louisiana Street El Paso Building
Houston, Texas 77002 1001 Louisiana Street
(713) 420-2600 Houston, Texas 77002
(Address, including zip code, and (713) 420-2600
telephone (Name, address, including zip code,
number, including area code, of and telephone
registrant's number, including area code, of
principal executive offices) agent for service)
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Copies to:
David F. Taylor Kelly J. Jameson, Esq.
Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP El Paso Corporation
3400 JPMorgan Chase Tower El Paso Building
600 Travis Street 1001 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002 Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 226-1200 (713) 420-2017
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A registration fee was previously calculated and paid in connection
with the filing of this Registration Statement.
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The Registrant hereby requests that this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1 become effective as soon as practicable pursuant to Section 8(c)
of the Securities Act of 1933.
DE-REGISTRATION
The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to our Registration
Statement on Form S-3 initially filed on May 1, 2001 and subsequently
declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (No. 333-59870),
is to de-register all of the shares of our Common Stock that were registered
but not sold pursuant to the Registration Statement as of August 20, 2003.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Houston, State of Texas, on August 20, 2003.
EL PASO CORPORATION
By: /s/ Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.
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Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes
D. Dwight Scott and Peggy A. Heeg, and each of them as attorneys-in-fact
with full power of substitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of
such person, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file
any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, including any and
all post-effective amendments.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr. Chairman of the Board, August 20, 2003
------------------------ Chief Executive Officer
Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr. and Director
(Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ D. Dwight Scott Executive Vice President August 20, 2003
------------------------ and Chief Financial
D. Dwight Scott Officer
(Principal Financial
Officer)
Jeffrey I. Beason Senior Vice President August 20, 2003
------------------------ and Controller
Jeffrey I. Beason (Principal Accounting
Officer)
/s/ John M. Bissell Director August 20, 2003
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John M. Bissell
/s/ Juan Carlos Braniff Director August 20, 2003
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Juan Carlos Braniff
/s/ James L. Dunlap Director August 20, 2003
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James L. Dunlap
/s/ Robert W. Goldman Director August 20, 2003
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Robert W. Goldman
/s/ Anthony W. Hall, Jr. Director August 20, 2003
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Anthony W. Hall, Jr.
/s/ J. Carleton MacNeil, Jr. Director August 20, 2003
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J. Carleton MacNeil,Jr.
/s/ Thomas R. McDade Director August 20, 2003
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Thomas R. McDade
/s/ J. Michael Talbert Director August 20, 2003
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J. Michael Talbert
/s/ Malcolm Wallop Director August 20, 2003
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Malcolm Wallop
/s/ John L. Whitmire Director August 20, 2003
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John L. Whitmire
/s/ Joe B. Wyatt Director August 20, 2003
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Joe B. Wyatt